当

Traditional form:

當

Pinyin (reading):

dàng

Definitions:

• at or in the very same...
• suitable
• adequate
• fitting
• proper
• to replace
• to regard as
• to think
• to pawn
• (coll.) to fail (a student)

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells